James burbridge



J. BURBRIDGE.

TOBACCO POUCH.

No. 438,798. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BURBRIDGE, OF TOTTENHAM, ENGLAND.

TOBACCO-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,798, dated October 21, 1890.

i Application filed May 13, 1890. Serial No. 351,709. (No model.,`

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BURBRIDGE, of the firm of Messrs. Warne & Co., of the indiarubber Works, Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco- Pouches, of which the following is a specification.

In tobacco-pouches the great desiderata are a fiat pouch and security against the contents, When dry and broken u p, escapingwhen the pouch is opened. tages is obtained in theHorsey pouch and the other in the Prince of Wales pouch, both of which are Well known in the market. The last-named pouch has, however, the disadvantage of being somewhat bulky in the pocket, and the object of the present invention is to produceaponch in which the abovenamed advantages will be found.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of myimproved pouch expanded, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same closed. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section corresponding With Fig. 1 in the line x. Fig. 4 represents a transverse section corresponding with Fig. 2 in the line y y.

A is a fiat bag-pouch, and B is a pocket at one end thereof, as in the I-lorsey pouch. The bag-pouch may be prolonged beyond the center line and into the pocket, as shown, thus providing greater space for the tobacco than in the Horsey pouch. The bag-pouch may, however, stop about opposite the margin Bof the pocket.

One of these advan-l The opening to the pouch will be formed with the twisted neck C, provided with an opening, as in the Prince of Vales pouch, the said neck being in the inner face of the pouch in a position to be inclosed and protected within the pocket B when the pouch is folded thereinto, as shown in Fig. 4, in a manner now well known. When the pouch is to be carried in a pocket or not in use, the bag portion A of the pouch is folded into the pocket B, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and the twisted neck C is inclosed and protected against opening. To open the pouch for use, the bag portion is unfolded from the pocket B, as shown in Figs. l and 3, so that the neck C is'exposed and the contents may be reached.

By the above construction of pouch Iobtain the advantage of a fiat pouch with security to the contents.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- An india-rubber tobacco-pouch consisting of a iiat bag portion A, provided with a twisted neck-opening C in one of its flattened faces, and a pocket B at one end of said bag, into which said bag may be folded to inclose the said neck, substantially as herein described.

JAMES BURBRIDGE.

Witnesses:

W. K. WHITE, H. F. O. GoLTz. 

